Filtration and Water Changes...

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Water bill is free at my building the landlord pays it lol love that. At first i started out doing 1000 gallons a day and it instantly stabilized my PH so i lowered it down slightly to do about 10% a day and there was no change at all. My PH from my tap is 7.2 so the only way to lower it would be to use a buffer and thats just costs lots of money plus with always dumping 7.0-7.2 water in my system from the tap it only raises it back up. There is really no reason to try and mimick the wild all these breeders now a days are doing it in PH higher then mine and with lots of success. You want a stabile PH and not one thats constantly rising and falling. Been working for me why chage it.

IT DEFINETLY IS WORKING FOR YA...... YOUR REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE A LANDLORD THAT PAYS THE WATER BILL...., IM SURPISED THAT HE HASNT GOT SICK OF THAT YET. YAH.., I AM AMAZED THAT ALL THIS BREEDING HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE IN HARD WATER....., ITS WEIRD HOW THE PH LEVEL DOESNT REALLY AFFECT RAYS. (AS LONG AS IT IS STABILE)

i WISH MY WATER OUT OF THE TAP WAS THAT LOW......, MINE IS USUALLY LIKE 7.8 AND UP......, IM ALWAYS AFFRAID TO USE THIS ON MY RAYS....., BUT IVE DEFINETLY COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I SHOULD FIGHT IT AS MUCH AS I HAVE BEEN.......
I WENT FROM TRYING 50% RO WATER / 50 TAP......., TO 25% RO WATER / " "....., TILL WHERE IM AT NOW....... I DONT USE ANY RO WATER NOW BECAUSE IT JUST WOULD NEVER BE STABILE ENOUGH FOR ME..... NOW I JUST AGE WATER AND ADD A HINT OF SEACHEM ACID BUFFER TO HELP IT A LITTLE...., SO ITS NOT RIDICULIOSULY HARD

DO YOU THINK RAYS CAN THRIVE AND BREED IN 8.0 - 8.5 PH....???
WHAT DOES EVERYBODY THINK.....?? I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANY BUFFERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.....
DOES USING A CARBON FILTER HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH EXTREMELY HARD WATER??